Window post and guide construction



Oct. 13, 193 R. T. AXE 2,057,129

WINDOW POST AND GUIDE CONSTRUCTION Original Filed May 18, 1951 urnnnnnuINVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 13, 1936 WINDOW POST AND GUIDE CONSTRUCTION Roy'1. Axe, Syracuse, N. Y.

Original application May 18, 1931, Serial No. 538,150. Divided and thisapplication July 17,

1934, Serial No. 735,650

1 Claim.

This invention relates to window constructions particularly for railwaycars, buses, and the like, and has for its object a construction inwhich the sash is guided in a channel in the frame or post structure,and the sash provided with a U-shaped weather or wear strip of fibrousmaterial embracing the portion of the sash frame, or stile thereof, thatextends into the channel, so that the weather or wear strip moves withthe sash and is housed within the channel and hence not exposed, whenthe sash is open, to the weather, and means associated with the postsfor applying spring pressure between the post or sash guide channel andthe fibrous strip on the sash.

It further has for its object, a window construction of the type setforth in the preceding paragraph, in which one of the walls of thechannel is removable constituting a removable stop for the purpose ofremoving and replacing the sash and for adjusting the weather strip.

The subject matter of this application is a division of applicationSerial No. 538,150, filed May 18, 1931, which resulted in Patent No.1,980,- 313, issued November 13, 1934.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations andconstructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a sash embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse, sectional view on line 2-2, Figure1.

Figure 3 is a detail View illustrating a filler strip forming part ofthe widthwise adjustable means of the weather strip relative to thesash.

This window construction comprises generally a window frame, a sashmovable vertically along the posts forming the uprights of the frame,means on the posts for guiding and holding the sash from displacement,the guiding means being in the form of a channel for receiving theadjacent edges or stiles of the sash frame, and the sash frame or stilesthereof being provided with a U-shaped fibrous weather or wear stripembracing the same and housed within the channel, and movable with thesash, and spring means between the post or sash guide channel and thestrip.

l designates the window frame as a whole, and 2 the sash, the frameincluding posts on opposite sides of each sash, a sill 3, and a topframing 4. The sash 2 is capable of being raised and lowered, and forthis purpose is provided with sash latches for holding the sash open atdifferent elevations, and for latching it closed.

The window structure here shown also includes a small sash panel 6located in the upper part of the frame, the bottom rail of the sash 6lapping the top rail of the sash 2 when the sash 2 is closed.

This window construction is particularly adapted to railway cars andbuses where there are a series of several windows arranged side by sidealong the sides of the car, or body, and separated by the posts.

Ill designates one of the posts which is formed with channels as I l forreceiving the edge of the adjacent sash, that is, the adjacent stile.The posts here shown are provided with a facing strip l2 on one sidethereof having a flange 13 extending over the face of the post on thesash side, this flange having a lip l4 overhanging the mouth of thechannel. The post is also provided with a removable facing strip l5 onthe side thereof opposite to that on which the facing strip 12 islocated, this being formed of sheet metal and having an inturned flangel6 which forms one of the sides of the channel II. This facing strip I5is also provided with a lip l1 overhanging the adjacent wall of thechannel.

I9 is a weather or wear strip U-shaped in general form and carried bythe adjacent stile of the sash 2 and secured thereto so that it moveswith the sash during the raising and lowering of the sash. This Weatherstrip may be of any suitable yielding material, and is arranged toembrace the edge of the sash or stile and secured thereto by studs 20extending from the bottom of the U- shaped formation and into holes inthe stile and slidably fitting the holes. The stile is here shown asformed up of sheet metal. The studs have enlarged heads or stems whichslidably fit the holes in the stile. The weather strip- I9 is adjustedto vary the width of the sash, or cause the sash to conform to smallvariations in the spacings of the posts, and also to small variations inmisalinements of the posts out of the vertical, and as here illustrated,it is adjusted by means of filler or spacer strips, or washers 2|arranged astride the studs and interposed between the bottom wall of theU formation and the edge of the sash or stile, the washers having openended slots 22 for receiving the studs. Obviously, to adjust the sash tothe widthwise spacing of the posts more or less fillers, or washers, areinserted under the weather strip, and also to correct misalinements outof the vertical or variations in spacing {in a widthwise direction, morewashers may be 7 provided on some of the studs than on others.

channel'and the strip I9.

spring pressure is applied through the facing strip IS on the stopflange I6 thereof, the facing strip l5 being acted upon by a spring 23thrusting in one direction against the head 24 of a stud 25, and in itsother direction against the shoulder 26 provided on the strip I5. Thisshoulder 26 is the bottom of a well or socket 21 countersunkinto thestrip and into the body of the posts 10, and in which socket the stud 25and spring are located. The stud projects from a cross bar or button 28which interlocks, by a turning movement of the stud, with lugs 29 in arecess 30 formed in the posts. The spring-pressed studs thusrserve asfastening means for holding the facing strip l5 to the post. Thisconstruction, however, forms no part of this invention, and thisinvention r lates primarily'to the weather strip l9 embrac ing the edgeof the sash and housed within the channel in the post, and spring means,as the spring 23, acting on the U-shaped weather or wear'strip IE toautomatically make adjustments for slight rnisalinements and cause thesash to frictionally fit the sash guides without binding or loosenessunder all conditions and without sliding metal to metal contact.

What I claim is:

In a window construction, a frame including posts having sash guidingmeans, a, sash movable along said means, the sash having a strip ofyielding material secured to each edge of the sash, the strip beingU-shaped in general form in cross section and embracing the edge of thesash and movable with the sash, the sash guiding means being a channelfor receiving the edge of the sash with the U-shaped weather stripthereon and including spring-pressed means for applying pressure betweenthe sash guide means and the strip topress the U-shaped strip intoengagement with the walls of the channel so that the strip substantiallyfills the channel.

ROY T. AXE.

